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0. P. UPDEGRAFF TRAINING WAGON.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER PRICE UPDEGRAFF, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

TRAINING-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,668, datedSeptember 1, 1891.

Application filedMay 28, 1891. Serial No. 394,361. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER PRICE UPDE- GRAFF, of Topeka, Shawnee county,Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTraining-WVagons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to vehicles for training colts and for generaltrack purposes; and the object of my invention is to produce a light,strong, and durable wagon which shall be comparatively inexpensive inconstruction and which shall be capable of withstanding the sudden andviolent strains due to the erratic and fractious actions of the animalswhile undergoing training and general track work.

To the above purpose my invention consists in certain peculiar and novelfeatures of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described andclaimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a perspective view of a trainingwagon constructed in accordancewith my invention, one of the front wheels being removed. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the front part of the same. Fig. 3 is a verticallongitudinal section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig.2.

In the said drawings, 1 designates the front and 2 the rear axle of thewagon. Each of these axles consists of a metal bar, which is bent intosegmental or bow form and which curved upward between thecarrying-wheels 8, the highest point of each axle being midway betweenits two wheels. The ends of each axle extend outward horizontally andform the spindles 4, upon which the hubs of the wheels turn.

5 5 designate two side bars, each of which is also composed of a metalor a wooden bar bent into segmental or bow form and which curve upwardfrom the rear to the front axle. These bars extend parallel with eachother and their rear ends are connected to the up per side of the rearaxle 2 by clips 6, which embrace the axle and also pass through across-bar 7, which lies immediately above the turn the wagon by suddenlyshying and wheeling directly around. The front ends of these side barsare connected together by a cross-bar, which lies beneath the frontextremities of the side bars and which is secured thereto by bolts 9.

10 designates a fifth-wheel, through the center of the two parts ofwhich passes a vertical king-bolt 11, which also passes through thecrossbar 8 at its middle, the said fifth-wheel and cross-bar being thussecured by the kingbolt to the front axle above its central and highestpoint.

12 designates the shafts of the wagon, said shafts being bent downwardat their ends and connected to the inner ends of the spindles 1 of thefront axle 1 by clips 13, as shown.

lat designates the cross-bar, which connects the rear portions of thetwo shafts 12. This cross-bar is of segmental or how form and is placedwith its concave side forward,as shown, the two ends of the cross-barbeing bolted or otherwise suitably connected to the inner sides of theshafts.

15 designates the singletree, which is also of segmental or bow form,and which is-attached midway of its length to the cross-bar 14: by avertical bolt 16. This singletree is also placed with its concave sideforward, as shown.

18 designates a metal bar or arm, which is of substantially J form, andthe front end of which is formed with an eye, through which passes thebolt 16, the said front end of the arm lying between the cross-bar 14and the singletree 15. This bar or arm extends downward and rearward andits rear end is formed with an eye 19, which enters a square box 20,pendent from. the under side of the fifth-wheel 10, midway of the frontpart thereof. This eye 19 surrounds a cross-pin 21, which passestransversely of the box, as shown.

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22 designates a pin, which is inserted through the box 20 from the frontthereof, and which lies immediately beneath the flattened under side ofthe eye 19. The outer end of this pin is connected to one end of a strap23 or an equivalent flexible device, the opposite end of which isconnected to the bar or arm 18, preferably about midway of the length ofthe same.

24 designates a brace, which is approximately J form, and the rear endof which is connected to a cross-bar 25, which connects the front partof the side bars 5. From this point of connection the brace 24 extendsdownward and forward and its front endsurrounds the lower end of theking-bolt 11, the fifthwheel being thus braced and stiffened by saidbrace 24. The cross-bar 25 is formed at its ends with loops 26, whichextend beyond the outer sides of the side bars 5, and which serve asfoot-rests or stirrups for the driver. The extremities of thiscross-barare bolted or otherwise secured to the front parts of the saidside bars 5.

27 designates a suitable seat, which is mounted upon the side bars 5 atthe highest points of the same, and which is preferably leveled bysupports 28, placed under its front and rear ends, the upper ends ofsaid supports being bolted or otherwise secured to the described partsof the seat and the lower ends of said supports being similarly securedto the side bars of the wagon.

It will be seen from the above description that the wagon is light,strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and thatit is peculiarly adapted for training and general track purposes. Thesegmental or bow form of the cross-bar and singletree permits the animalto be harnessed close to the front of the wagon, while the arched sidebars enable the wagon to make extremely short and sudden turns withoutany danger of being overturned. The arch from the axles not only impartsadditional strength to the wagon, but also places the driver well upover the animal, so that he commands a full view of the course and alsoa powerful command of the lines or reins. The arrangement of the bar 18and the pin 22 is such as to support the shafts, when desired, and atthe same time to permit the shafts to be easily lowered by simplywithdrawing the pin, and, finally, the arrangement of the cross-bar 25and the connecting'bar 2 f is such as to bring the entire strain, due tothe position of the drivers feet in the stirrups 26, upon the kingbolt,which is the part best adapted to stand such strain.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An improved training-wagon having a fifth-wheel mounted upon itsfront axle, a curved bar connected to the cross-bar of the shafts andhaving its rear end pivoted in a box beneath the fifth-wheel, and a pinremovably inserted into said box and lying beneath a flattened portionof the eye of said bar, substantially as set forth.

2. An improved trainingwagon comprising upwardly-arched front and rearaxles, crossbars secured to the middle or highest points of said axles,upwardly-arched side bars secured at their ends to said cross-bars, aseat secured to the middle or highest points of the side bars, and afifth-wheel secured between the front axle and the front cross-bar, thesaid side bars extending at their middles above the space required bythe diameters of the front carrying-wheels, substantially as set forth.

3. An improved training-Wagon comprising upwardly-arched front and rearaxles, crossbars secured to the middle or highest points of said axles,upwardly.-arched side bars secured at their ends to said cross-bars,afifthwheel interposed between the middle of the front axle and thefront cross-bar, a kingbolt connecting said front axle and frontcross-bar, a second cross-bar connected at its ends to the side barsback of the front crossbar and having outwardly-extending loopedportions forming stirrups, and a curved bar or brace connected at itsfront end to the king-bolt and at its rear end to the said cross orstirrup bar, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLIVER PRICE UPDEGRAFF.

Witnesses:

EDWARD BROOKE HENDERSON, C. S. BOWMAN.

